...parliament continues to cast a long shadow over public sector investment projects.Although the...was "no wonder" people believed every public works programme ran over budget.He said...said: "In the current economic climate, public sector finances are already under pressure...

...and it will establish a library; $32,000 and it will...expatriates), travel by public transport or rent vehicles...emanating from the Laotian library. The daughter of rice...fortune to build 2,000 public libraries across North...teacher says the new library is "like heaven for the...

Public debt soared in October as the government borrowed a further...demand for social welfare payments.The deterioration in the public finances announced yesterday was worse than the £7bn that...see that Gordon Brown has not just lost control of the public finances but lost the economic argument about the debt...

...urgent steps were taken to rein in mounting public debt. The US president's remarks - in...strongestlanguage yet on the necessity of putting public finances back on a sound footing."It is...president was probably trying to prepare public opinion for a tough budget in February...

Public life is seen as much more corrupt in China, India and Russia than in leading western economies, says a report published...frameworks".Huguette Labelle, TI's chairman, said: "At a time when massive stimulus packages, fast-track disbursements of public funds and attempts to secure peace are being implemented around the world, it is essential to identify where corruption...

Archie Norman's appointment at ITV, cheered by both investors and analysts, brings him back into the public eye and the business of turning round troubled companies.His reputation was cemented at Asda, which he took from the brink of bankruptcy...

...generally seamless; and his slangy updating of the Shakespearean soliloquy. Both devices require skilled actors, and, in the Public Theater's stagings, they have them.As Elegba and Marcus, the big-hearted André Holland gives the trilogy's most complete performance...

...written about them on the internet. It would be nice if we could expect leaders in the future to respond maturely to this wave of public criticism, but I'm not holding my breath. Because I can find no such grown-up strand in myself, I'm gloomy about finding it...

...infrastructure business next week in the country's largest initial public offering since the outbreak of the financial crisis. Hochtief...market listings in Europe, after the successful €1.4bn initial public offering of Polish utility company PGEthis month. Hochtief Concessions...

...sector by successfully closing an initial public offering for a listing on the Bombay Stock...also appeal to investors with an initial public offering prospectus. When the offering...being a transporter of British troops to a publicly-quoted, internationally recognised travel...